Company's ownership interest in the joint venture

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Number of properties with existing partnerships

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Number of regional malls

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Significant Acquisitions and Disposals Cash Liquidity Generated

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Significant acquisitions and disposals percentage ownership sold.

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Amount of debt for which creditor does not have general recourse to the debtor but rather has recourse only to the property used for collateral in the transaction or other specific property.

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Amount of real estate investment property, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(d))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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Subsequent Event Subsequent Event (Details Textual) (USD $)			1 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Regional Mall Joint Ventures [Member]	Jun. 03, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Regional Mall Joint Ventures [Member] property	Apr. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Regional Mall Joint Ventures [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of regional malls				8
Company's ownership interest in the joint venture				51.00%
Partner's ownership interest in the joint venture				49.00%
Number of properties with existing partnerships				3
Historical net real estate basis	$ 8,419,283,000	$ 8,368,672,000			$ 894,000,000
Nonrecourse mortgage debt	5,732,268,000	5,738,960,000			953,000,000
Cash liquidity generated from the transaction			$ 330,000,000